Monday, 15 July, 2024
Haleon | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Rethink Speed
- Managed Office
- 9,345 sq ft
- 3 years
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Instant Group successfully delivers a new Managed Office for Haleon by relocating the business from its former Regional Capability Centre to a new location within 6ix months.
Haleon required a modern, functional and aesthetically pleasing work environment that mirrored the company’s purpose and new brand identity of their established consumer health entity. It was vital that the new facility was DE&I design focused, enhanced employee experience and aligned total cost of occupancy with the client's commercial objectives.
Challenges
- Post-Separation Transition: Integrating Haleon's new identity and culture post-separation from GSK while ensuring smooth operations and minimal disruption.
- Meeting New Brand & Workplace Guidelines: Understanding and meeting the specific requirements and expectations of Haleon regarding workspace design, functionality, and branding.
- Tight Project Timeline: Required to complete lease negotiations, design, and facility setup within a six month period while adhering to regulatory requirements.
- Insufficient Collaboration Space: Haleon required an office to boost productivity and facilitate colleague collaboration.
- Incremental IT & AV Management: Haleon needed to update their IT and AV standards to align with the global brand. Design management and procurement had to be coordinated within a tight timeline, ensuring the schedule was maintained by effectively managing IT and AV solutions.
Outcomes
- Streamlined Process: Delivered a transparent process for procuring and managing the new office space.
- Accelerated Delivery: Completed lease negotiations, design, and facility delivery within six months.
- Incremental IT & AV Management Outcome: Procured an external tech consultant for IT and AV. Conducted IT and AV workshops to ensure the schedule was maintained through effective management of IT and AV solutions.
- Mini-Tenders for Preferred Outcomes: Conducted mini-tenders for workstations, task chairs, phone pods and carpet, ensuring Haleon retained choice and achieved preferred outcomes.
- Quality & Compliance: Executed a stringent design development, statutory approvals, and construction process reinforcing Haleon's new brand identity.
- DEI Initiatives: Implemented sensory rooms, accessible meeting rooms, braille signage and height-adjustable workstations. Ensuring DE&I was integrated into the project in line with Haleon’s commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace.
- LEED Gold Parameters: Achieved a workspace solution meeting LEED Gold requirement.
Haleon is a British multinational consumer healthcare company that brings together deep human understanding and trusted science. It is one of the largest consumer healthcare businesses in the world, with brands including Sensodyne toothpaste, Panadol and Advil painkillers and Centrum vitamins.
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